
The keys are based on the contrasting characters generally in a pair called:

Important Questions on The Living World
Assertion : Herbariums are plant repositories which are used as reference specimens. Recently these are digitalized for global use.
Reason Herbarium helps in the classification of plants and gives complete description about the taxonomy.
The correct answer is:

A) Hominidae
B) Triticum
C) Spermatophyta
D) sapiens
E) Primata
F) Insecta


List - I | List - II | ||
(a) | Charles Darwin | (i) | Systema Naturae |
(b) | John Ray | (ii) | Natural History |
(c) | Buffon | (iii) | Historia Generalis plantarum |
(d) | Linnaeus | (iv) | The origin of species |
The correct answer is

Assertion: Species is an ecological unit.
Reason: Individuals of a species share the same ecological niche.

Column – I | Column – II |
a. Family | (i) Diptera |
b. Order | (ii) Arthropoda |
c. Class | (iii) Muscidae |
d. Phylum | (iv) Insecta |


The correct sequence of the taxonomic hierarchy is
a. Genus Family Class Order Phylum Kingdom Species
b. Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom
c. Species Family Genus Kingdom Order Class Phylum
d. Species Genus Family Class Order Phylum Kingdom

Assertion : Sub species shows minor variations from parent population
Reason : Sub species is reproductively isolated population of a species


A Phylum
B. Family
C. Order
D. Class
E. Species
F. Genus

Match the following
List - I | List - II | ||
(a) | Reproductively isolated from the individuals of other species | (i) | Genetic unit |
(b) | Sharing the same ecological niche | (ii) | An evolutionary unit |
(c) | Showing similarity in the karyotype | (iii) | A breeding unit |
(d) | Having similar structural and functional characteristics | (iv) | An ecological unit |
The correct answer is


Column –I | Column — II | ||
(a) | Herbarium | (i) | It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals. |
(b) | Key | (ii) | A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description adding identification. |
(c) | Museum | (iii) | Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept. |
(d) | Catalog | (iv) | A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in the identification of various taxa. |




Match the following
List - I | List - II | ||
(a) | Order | (i) | nigrum |
(b) | Species | (ii) | Polemoniales |
(c) | Family | (iii) | Solanum |
(d) | Class | (iv) | Solanaceae |
(v) | Dicotyledonae |
The correct answer is

Taxonomic category showing individual organisms with fundamental similarities
Taxonomic category with same hierarchical status
Dicotyledonae
domestica
indica
Insecta
Mangifera
sapiens
Mammalia
Monocotyledonae
vulgare

A. Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
B. Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
C. Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker.
D. In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.
The two correct statements are:

